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“THE LIFE CHANGER”

by

Khadijat Abubakar Jalli

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 CHAPTER ONE

Bint was narrating her ordeal with her Social Studies teacher to

her sisters when their mother barge in after listening to the

story outside their door.

She praised Bint and went on to advise her three daughters

against pushing their teachers to the limit.

While she spoke,

Omar, her first child and only son, entered the room with a

good news – he had been offered admission to study Law in

Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria.

Ummi promised them all a big celebration of the news once

their father is back. And Omar also mentioned that their Dad

had promised to get him a smart phone for his admission.

But until he came,

They all sat outside, drank Zobo and listened to Ummi’s stories

about her admission and how Omar’s own will be a life changer

for him.
 CHAPTER TWO

Ummi started with a particular scene at her screening venue

which involved Salma Mohammed and a young lecturer.

Salma came for the same screening but was quite frustrated

with the delay. She expressed her frustration by making harsh

remarks about lecturers even to the face of a young man who,

unknown to her and others, was the Screening Officer.

The students were shocked when the young man entered the

office after it was cleaned and Salma was full of shame.

Afterwards,

Ummi proceeded to the department for her Matric. Number.

The secretary ushered her into the office of the HOD’s who

seemed to be making advances at her and that got Ummi

angry.
Back home,

Her husband mentioned their quiet neighbour and how humans

were unpredictable. That reminded her of the experience she

had during her registration, especially in the HOD office.

Upon hearing the HOD’s incident and after laughing, her

husband told Ummi that the HOD was his friend and that he

was the one that helped him with her admission.

 CHAPTER THREE

Knowing that her husband and HOD were friends, Ummi was

no longer angry nor embarrassed about the office incident.

Omar then asked for the story of the “quiet neighbour” and

Ummi started.

A couple had been childless for long and decided to visit a

native doctor after which they had a boy child.

He was named Talle because his mother died shortly after his

birth and was called “the quiet one” because he spoke less.

Talle worked as a Local Government driver but after losing hsi

both parents, he suddenly started to spend a lot more money

than he used to, which called for suspicion.

So much that Hakimi, the District Head, invited him over to

defend his sudden source of wealth.

However,

While they spoke, the police barged in asking for Talle who

accompanied Zaki to kidnap a boy for ransom.

Talle, the quiet one, was then taken by the police and never

again seen in Lafayette community.

Ummi rounded up Talle’s story by advising her children,

especially Omar, not to trust anyone.

 CHAPTER FOUR

The story of Salma continued.

After her screening, she proceeded to complete her registration

in the 100 Level coordinator’s office of Dr Dabo.

Dabo was a disciplined lecturer but on seeing Salma, he tried

to ask her out. Salma refused his attempt and also insulted Dr

Dabo who immediately felt remorseful.

Next was hostel registration, which Salma completed at Queen

Amina Hall.

At first,

Salma disliked her roommates who were Tomiwa, Ngozi and

Ada, but later, she grew to like them all, especially Tomiwa.
A disagreement almost ruined their friendship one day when

Salma was on her way back to school from home. Two men,

Habib and Labaran, in a Benz had stopped to offer her a ride to

school which she accepted...

 CHAPTER FIVE

The next evening, Tomiwa’s phone rang. It was Habib.

Apparently,

Salma had lied to Habib that she was Tomiwa and also gave

him her roommate’s phone number when he asked for hers.

Towima was told to play along to the lie and she did. She went

out with Habib who happened to be a Politician and Labaran,

his driver.

Habib confronted Tomiwa for impersonating Salma but they

sorted it out and Tomiwa came back with lots of goodies from

Habib, which got Salma jealous.

So jealous that she insulted her roommates and they had a

disagreement but settled that same night.

Desperate Salma eventually ended up dating Labaran and was

disappointed that he was, indeed, Habib’s driver.

The girls continued with their peaceful and friendly lives, their

academic grades were very good but something happened

during their final paper.

 CHAPTER SIX

Ummi continued.

She stated her easy the final paper of Moral Philosophy was,

and that Salma had read only the past questions because they

were been repeated for 3 years and counting.

In the exam hall,

Salma was shocked to see that past questions were not

repeated and with that, Salma knew no answer to any of the

questions.

Kolawole Abdul soon yielded to her persuasion, wrote some

answers on a sheet and sneaked it to Salma.

An invigilator later caught Salma with the expo and made her

sign the EMAL form. Kolawole signed too but only as a witness

because he wasn’t caught.

However,

Salma implicated Kolawole and they were both expelled.

 CHAPTER SEVEN

At first,

Salma tried to escape the expulsion by asking Habib to help

her with his position as the Speaker of the House, but Habib

only knew Dabo whom she had insulted during her registration.

Eventually, Salma slept with Habib for a substantial of money

to bribe the Chairman of the Malpractice Committee.

She met Dr. Muhammed Kabir who posed as the Committee

Chairman and duped her of N100,000, part of the money

gotten from Habib.

On the day of her trial,

She neither found Dr Kabir as the Chairman nor member of the

Committee and out of frustration, she mistakenly mentioned

Kolawole’s name.
 CHAPTER EIGHT

Muhammed Kabir was neither a Doctor nor part of the EXEC

but he was a Laboratory Technologists in the University and

also a chronic gambler.

Meanwhile,

Salma had told Labaran how she was duped. She cried for

justice, and so Labaran hired Zaki to go after Kabir.

Habib permitted it but was not comfortable with Zaki again

because he had once sent him to kidnap a young boy but he

involved Talle and they both failed the mission which almost

implicated him.

At the gambling joint,

Kabir won N300,000 but when he left after winning, a thug was

sent after him and Zaki also followed.

The thug attacked Kabir. Zaki attacked the thug, collected all

the money from Kabir and took it to Labaran who, for personal

reasons, refused to give it back to Habib.

Omar asked if Habib ever got punished and Ummi replied that

Salma didn’t say but there’s always justice after death.

That reminded Ummi of the death of Salma’s father.

It happened while she was still i school and Ngozi and Tomiwa

had argued over the reasons why Muslims bury their dead

faster than Christians.

At one point,

Teemah teased Omar about chasing girls with his phone and

that again reminded Ummi of a nasty experience Salim once

had with chatting.

 CHAPTER NINE

Salim was a guy that Salma later went into a serious

relationship with.

He started online dating after get his new Samsung phone and

soon encountered a beautiful girl on one of the social media.

Salim asked his friend, Lawal, to follow him to her place. Lawal

refused and Salim went alone but soon came back disappointed

because the girl was not as beautiful as her displayed picture.

Lawal was advising his friend to quit and that reminded Salim

of another ordeal he once had with the same online dating. He

told the full story to Lawal of how a prostitute was used to used

to almost hijack his car.

Salim concluded to shun all those dangerous adventures and

settle down with Salma.

In the end,

Teemah teased Omar again and Ummi suggested that they

should altogether tell their Dad about Omar’s admission once

he got back.
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